Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

153 reviews

marselise's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Slavery

bash5617's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Racism, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

etherealwords's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Homophobia, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Ableism, Abortion, and Physical abuse

lilaceous's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

characters - ⭐️
plot - 
engaging to read - ⭐️
would recommend - 
would read again - 

i wanted to like this novel, but to me, it just fell so flat in so many ways.

the characters were well-developed and painfully engaging, but it isn’t enough to make this novel worth reading in my opinion. even the queer and trans representation felt more harmful than positive to me.

in terms of plot, the ending felt so out of the blue that i couldn’t even make sense of what the point of the rest of the plot was. so many things happened, but it felt like there was never a clear goal, even at the end.

also, the sci-fi elements of this piece added almost nothing to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tahsintries's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, Bullying, Medical content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Ableism, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

armontheroad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rivers Solomon always delivers with faer books!! This dark space opera is a great commentary on our society. I cared for all of our main characters so much! I will say this book is not for the faint of heart. AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS is very graphic and triggering. I have listed all the content warnings I could remember down below! 

CWs: Here are a few that StoryGraph doesn't have options to list: Execution and misgendering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Child death, Rape, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Slavery, Sexual assault, Excrement, Misogyny, Self harm, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

antimony's review against another edition

3.75

the writing was quite good, but as i read I was quite confused and i couldn't really imagine the matilda at all. like in terms of the physical way it is set up. i would have liked a map

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Suicide

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Death, Murder, Torture, Self harm, Child death, Mental illness, Homophobia, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Confinement, Transphobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Vomit, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Abortion